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Toddlers Inn Children's Nursery & Forest School is situated in North Chailey, near Lewes, East Sussex.
Children Love Toddlers Inn Nursery School!
Welcome to Toddlers Inn Children's Nursery School! Our light, open-plan classrooms are all in the striking hills and playing field grounds of St Peter’s Primary School, North Chailey. We have childcare places for 0 to 5-year-olds and we are open daily from 8 until 6 all year round.
Spaces and Gardens
Our Rooms
All our rooms and gardens are purpose built and creatively designed learning environments
to meet the needs of the ages of the children in our care.
What We Offer
We know that choosing a nursery is a big decision and here at Toddlers Inn, after years of experience, we think we understand what is important to both parents and children. We realise the demands and pressures parents have in their lives and we therefore offer many different, flexible sessions to suit every parent's needs. Whether you are applying for a funded or self-funding place, or have vouchers from work, we will always endeavour to find what works best for you.
We are continuously seeking to improve our provision even further and have developed our outside areas with yurts, a summer house and a well loved and nurtured allotment that is home to our large family of rabbits, chickens and ducks.
We have recently invested in a nursery mini bus that enables us to provide further opportunities for the children such as exciting visits to the local farm shop, garden centre, Chailey Common and local woodlands. The youngest members of Toddlers Inn enjoy local walks to the church in our new six seater buggy.
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Funding Information
From April 2025, the government offers Funded Early Entitlements to help with childcare costs. All 3 and 4-year-olds are entitled to 15 hours per week, which we stretch to 11.18 hours per week across the whole year at our all-year-round nursery. Working parents of children aged 9 months to 5 years can access 30 hours per week, stretched to 22.36 hours weekly. This doesn’t mean you get less — it simply spreads the funding evenly so you can rely on childcare every week.
We’re open all year round except Christmas week, making it easier for parents to work consistently. To qualify for 30 hours, parents must work 16 hours or more per week, and it applies to:
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All children aged 9 months
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All 2-year-olds
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All children aged 3 to 5 years
You can also save more with Tax-Free Childcare, which gives back a helpful amount when paying through the scheme.
👉 30-hour code deadlines:
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Apply by 31 December 2025 for funding from January 2026 (Spring term)
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Apply by 31 March 2026 for funding from April 2026 (Summer term)
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Apply by 31 August 2026 for funding from September 2026 (Autumn term)
💡 Nursery-recommended dates to avoid delays:
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Apply by 15 December 2025 for Spring term
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Apply by 15 March 2026 for Summer term
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Apply by 15 August 2026 for Autumn term
Check your eligibility and apply via the Best Start in Life website or GOV.UK.
Toddlers Inn - A Nursery Near Me for the North Chailey, Lewes, Uckfield, Burgess Hill and Hayward Heath Areas
Toddlers Inn Nursery School is based in a fantastic purpose built building in North Chailey, Lewes. We are on site at St Peters Primary school with childcare places for 0-5 year olds and after school and holiday care for 5-8 year olds. We can offer your child fabulous fun filled days of activities to help them learn and make lots of new friends.
Toddlers Inn is located in the village of North Chailey. North Chailey is in easy reach of some of the main towns in Sussex. North Chailey has great transport links to Lewes, Uckfield, Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath. We feel that as our Nursery setting is situated in a quiet rural location that this has an advantage over other childrens nursery schools that are situated in local towns.
Toddlers Inn has the heart and family feel of a local village Nursery school in a countryside setting full of nature and learning opportunities, which makes us a natural choice for parents from our local towns.